Baby Basics 101
The average newborn weights about this many pounds.
What is 7 to 8 pounds?
In 1903 this pair of brothers took the first "baby steps" towards powered flight at Kitty Hawk.
Who are the Wright brothers?
Diaper changes per day can rival this engineering metric.
What is "mean time between failures"?
Babies are born with this reflex that helps them find food.
What is the rooting reflex?
What is a containment breach?
What is the fontanelle?
When this astronaut said, "Houston, Tranquility Base here - The Eagle has landed" it became one of spaceflight's first famous "baby words".
Who is Neil Armstrong?
Baby bottles require this type of maintenance schedule to prevent contamination.
What is regular cleaning and sterilization?
What is 120-160 bpm?
Overheating a bottle can result in this user experience hazard.
What is a burnt mouth or system overheat?
Babies typically start teething around this age.
What is 6 months?
This NASA spacecraft, named after a child's wooden toy, carried astronauts to the moon and back safely.
What is Apollo?
Like a control loop, a parent must constantly adjust output based on this type of baby feedback.
What is crying?
This baby body system is under construction for about a year, explaining all that crying.
What is the digestive system?
Dropping a pacifier on the floor requires this corrective action.
What is cleaning / sterilization?
What is "mama" or "dada"?
Designed by a team led by Kelly Johnson, this sleek aircraft was born during the Cold War and could fly faster than a bullet - a true engineering prodigy.
What is the SR-71 Blackbird?
In project management, "scope creep" during baby prep might look like buying this many strollers.
What is too many?
The baby's brain doubles in size during this time frame.
What is the first year?
Parental fatigue after night feedings is known as this condition in engineering terms.
What is operator burnout?
This is the number of bones in a newborn.
What is about 300?
With wings smaller than a school bus and a jet the size of a car, this 1950s fighter proved that "small but fast" can be unbeatable.
What is the F-86 Sabre?
The baby monitor is a practical example of this core engineering concept.
What is remote sensing or telemetry?
Like a prototype, a baby's sleep schedule is described as this.
What is "unstable" or "in development"?
When baby's "output" exceeds the diaper's capacity, this occurs.
What is an overflow condition?